Is it okay to store coffee beans in the freezer?
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 at
11:11 am
I don’t drink coffee that much, but I buy whole beans and grind them when I make a fresh pot of coffee. Will keeping them in the freezer help them stay fresh, or will it have the opposite effect?
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Filed under: Beans
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Yes, keeping them in the freezer will keep them fresher. The problem is that if you take them out and put them back a few times, frost forms on them, then evaporates, then forms again, and that takes a lot out of them.
So the way to do it is to wrap them up in small quantities and take out just what you’ll use in a week or so, not taking the big bag out of the freezer, pouring some out, and putting it back. Otherwise keeping them in the fridge is better.